Originally Posted by
Rocket-Sauce
Balls are fine. The problem was that the grease was dried out. The bike sat in a garage for 20 years and then I put just about a year of use into them. So the balls only had about a year of use.
Now that everything is put back together, it is smooth as new
You can't tell they're fine by looking at them with the naked eye. Balls are cheap. I never reuse them.